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Honolulu Attorneys Settle Pet Food Lawsuit (KITV Honolulu)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 10:29 pm

Honolulu attorneys settle a class action lawsuit over tainted pet food for close to $250,000. [News Source]

Lawsuit to block Sonics’ move to OKC amended (Sports Illustrated)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 9:38 pm

Former SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz has added a third claim to a lawsuit that seeks to void the team's 2006 sale to new owners who are planning to move the Sonics to Oklahoma City. [News Source]

New Times parent firm must pay $15.6M in lawsuit (East Valley Tribune)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 9:37 pm

Phoenix New Times’ parent company and one of its papers, SF Weekly, have been ordered to pay $15.6 million plus interest to the San Francisco Bay Guardian in that publication’s lawsuit alleging predatory pricing. [News Source]

ACLU lawsuit: 2 border agents punished for speaking out (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 9:09 pm

TUCSON, Ariz. - A lawsuit contends that two Border Patrol agents have been disciplined after speaking out against an alleged agency practice of stopping vehicles without reasonable suspicion. [News Source]

ACLU lawsuit says 2 border agents punished for speaking out (KVOA Tucson)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 9:05 pm

Associated Press - May 21, 2008 9:04 PM ET TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A lawsuit contends that two Border Patrol agents have been disciplined after speaking out against an alleged agency practice of... [News Source]

Former King County Jail inmate files civil-rights lawsuit after contracting MRSA behind bars (Seattle Times)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 8:18 pm

A former King County Jail inmate has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the King County Jail after he contracted an antibiotic-resistant infection while behind bars. [News Source]

Police Dept. Lawsuit Costly, Time-Consuming (WBAL-TV Baltimore)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 7:38 pm

A discrimination lawsuit that has been pending for the last four years against the Baltimore City Police Department after one man complained of racial discrimination at work is costing the city millions of dollars. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed against jail over staph infections (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 7:37 pm

Attorneys representing a former King County Jail inmate filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday claiming jail conditions are so poor they violate inmates' Constitutional rights. [News Source]

Lawsuit: Former Pa. judge violated due-process rights (Philly.com)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 7:04 pm

Two of the most controversial issues in Harrisburg in recent years - gambling and the pay raise - have collided in an explosive lawsuit alleging secretive backroom dealings by the state's former top judge. [News Source]

Judge dismisses lawsuit over John Lennon footage (Boston Globe)
Wednesday May 21st 2008, 6:51 pm

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Lawrence, Mass.-based company that wants to show rare, intimate footage of John Lennon despite objections raised by his widow. [News Source]